Olivier Theyskens Quotes

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Olivier Theyskens

Profession : Designer

Birth : January 4, 1977

A black dress is beautiful! It's a good choice. It could be the wrong choice at certain events or situations, but it's very rare that you see a girl who looks bad in a black dress.

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I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.

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We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.

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My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.

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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.

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What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.

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The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

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What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist.

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As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche.

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I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.

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I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.

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Today there are more things you can wear for the same occasions. I still like this idea of the perfect suit, and I always love tailoring, but today you can have more things for this type of situation, clothes that have class and that are mixable, and that are super well cut.

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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.

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I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls.

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In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.

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I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27.

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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.

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I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store.

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Personally, I have had sometimes moments where I thought my idea behind the idea of a collection - the concept maybe - something that we don't see at the end on the catwalk, I think the way it was, the genesis in my mind, was probably artistic, an artistic approach.

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